Multimedia Workshop: Differentiating instruction, and promoting collaboration in the classroom.
Pre-training: Tutorials will be prepared for the use of all the technology that the teachers participating in the workshop may need in the classroom. The tools that will be used will be blogs, wikis, prezi, glog, microsoft powerpoint and windows moviemaker. For all of these tools screencast tutorials will be prepared.
Key concepts:
Multiple forms of content presentation
Differentiate ways that students may demonstrate their knowledge
Stimulate student interest and motivation
Content: Differenting instruction to meet all student's learning requirements.
Skills:
Learn how to differentiate instruction
Learn how to use the various tools that can support student learning
Graphic Organizer: Table Concept Map
Authentic Assessment activity for participants: Projects Group discussions Rubrics
How will you include Mayer’s principle of active processing in your authentic assessment activity?What kind of product will your participants create to demonstrate their learning using multimedia technology?
Learning is an active process of filtering, selecting, organizing and integrating information into a task based on knowledge that was previously acquired.
The teachers will create surveys, lesson plans and presentation which they will post on the wiki so that they may all be able to view and provide feedback on each others work. The participants will also all have the opportunity to evaluate the work through the use of a survey on surveymonkey.com
What kind of multimedia presentation must you create to effectively present key concepts and skills to your participants (video, PowerPoint, podcast, screencast, interactive tutorial, or other)? How will you include Mayer’s principles of dual coding and limited capacity in your presentation?
I will use a PowerPoint with words and images and I will speak on the presentation I will use screencast tutorials
I will use only the essential information visually and verbally so that the information is captured by the short term memory and then apply the theory through experimentation in order to have the information transferred to the long term memory.
What kind of graphic organizer would be best to give your participants to help facilitate learning in your workshop?
Concept map Table
What concepts in your presentation will require pre-training before you begin the workshop? How will you use multimedia to engage your learners during the pre-training phase?** The use of the technology will need pre-training therefore there will be screencast tutorials for the students to learn to work with the technology with the continued support of the instructor before the workshop.
The multimedia will be used as tutorials by the teachers in order to support the creation of presentations by them for their workshop.
What equipment will you need to conduct your workshop (projector, laptops for each pair of participants, Internet connections, other)?
Projector, laptops for each pair of participants, internet connections
What online applications might you use?
glogster prezi powerpoint moviemaker Teachers may also use the internet to do some research although the material in the wiki is suficiente to do the workshop.
How will your participants collaborate on their projects?
They will be working together to produce group material. Research can also be done individually, coming back to the group.
How will you group them to create authentic assessment in your workshop?
Creation of Learning Style, multiple intelligences and learning interests survey in working groups (2 to 3) Creation of lesson plans according to content, to prossess and to product in working groups (2 to 3) Group discussion (Whole class)
Appropriate content according to student readiness.
Appropriate processs according to student learning profile
Appropriate product according to student interest
3. Preparing presentations using presentation tools (40)
Presentation 1. Demonstrates adequate skills in the use of the technology.
Presentation 2. Demonstrates adequate skills in the use of the technology.
Respected Mayers Dual coding and limited capacity in the presentations
4. Post on the wiki (10)
Surveys, lesson plans and both presentations.
5. Collaborative Group work (20)
Worked collaboratively with the group members.
6. Group Discussion (20)
Participated actively in group discussion providing positive ideas and suggestions.
Teachers will be grouped into groups of two or three members, preferably according to disciplinary areas. They will collaborate using the wikis and prepare their final presentations together. The evaluation of the work will be done using a rubric.
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Prepare Presentations:
1st Tool: Prepare a small presentation on your content matter using one of the presentation tools
30min
2nd Tool: Prepare a small presentation on your content matter using another method or another of the presentation tools
30min
4
Upload Survey, Lesson Plan and Presentations:
Post url or upload the survey prepared, the lesson plan and the presentations to the course wiki.
15min
5
View Presentations:
View the Presentations uploaded by your peers
30min
6
Group Discussion:
Group Discussion on effectiveness of the use of these tools to promote Differentiated Instruction and on the effectiveness of differentiated instruction as a method for providing quality education for all students
45min
7
Survey:
Take a moment to respond to the survey on your thoughts about the course
10min
8
Wrapping Up:
View a small video posted on Youtube by Teachers Network
Differentiating instruction, and promoting collaboration in the classroom.
Pre-training:
Tutorials will be prepared for the use of all the technology that the teachers participating in the workshop may need in the classroom. The tools that will be used will be blogs, wikis, prezi, glog, microsoft powerpoint and windows moviemaker. For all of these tools screencast tutorials will be prepared.
Key concepts:
Content:
Differenting instruction to meet all student's learning requirements.
Skills:
Graphic Organizer:
Table
Concept Map
Authentic Assessment activity for participants:
Projects
Group discussions
Rubrics
- How will you include Mayer’s principle of active processing in your authentic assessment activity?What kind of product will your participants create to demonstrate their learning using multimedia technology?
Learning is an active process of filtering, selecting, organizing and integrating information into a task based on knowledge that was previously acquired.The teachers will create surveys, lesson plans and presentation which they will post on the wiki so that they may all be able to view and provide feedback on each others work. The participants will also all have the opportunity to evaluate the work through the use of a survey on surveymonkey.com
- What kind of multimedia presentation must you create to effectively present key concepts and skills to your participants (video, PowerPoint, podcast, screencast, interactive tutorial, or other)? How will you include Mayer’s principles of dual coding and limited capacity in your presentation?
I will use a PowerPoint with words and images and I will speak on the presentationI will use screencast tutorials
I will use only the essential information visually and verbally so that the information is captured by the short term memory and then apply the theory through experimentation in order to have the information transferred to the long term memory.
- What kind of graphic organizer would be best to give your participants to help facilitate learning in your workshop?
Concept mapTable
The use of the technology will need pre-training therefore there will be screencast tutorials for the students to learn to work with the technology with the continued support of the instructor before the workshop.
The multimedia will be used as tutorials by the teachers in order to support the creation of presentations by them for their workshop.
- What equipment will you need to conduct your workshop (projector, laptops for each pair of participants, Internet connections, other)?
Projector, laptops for each pair of participants, internet connections- What online applications might you use?
glogsterprezi
powerpoint
moviemaker
Teachers may also use the internet to do some research although the material in the wiki is suficiente to do the workshop.
- How will your participants collaborate on their projects?
They will be working together to produce group material. Research can also be done individually, coming back to the group.- How will you group them to create authentic assessment in your workshop?
Creation of Learning Style, multiple intelligences and learning interests survey in working groups (2 to 3)Creation of lesson plans according to content, to prossess and to product in working groups (2 to 3)
Group discussion (Whole class)
Rubrics:
Prepare a small presentation on your content matter using one of the presentation tools
Prepare a small presentation on your content matter using another method or another of the presentation tools